Eugène Antoine Durenne,  La Cuisine;

Lot description

Eugène Antoine Durenne, French 1860-1944 - La Cuisine; oil and watercolour on paper laid down on canvas, signed lower right 'Durenne', titled and dated lower left 'La Cuisine 1908', bears further inscriptions to the reverse, 31 x 24.5 cm Note: after initially studying literature, Durenne attended the Académie Julian from 1887 to 1888, where he met renowned painters Édouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard. Continuing his artistic studies at the Académie Colarossi in Paris, Durenne also met Albert André, Camille Pissarro, Louis Valtat and Georges d'Espagnat who all evidently influenced his style and technique. Known for his depictions of the French countryside, interior scenes and still lifes, Durenne's work is synonymous with the post-impressionist movement found across France during the late 19th/early 20th century. In 1894 Durenne exhibited at the 8th exhibition of Impressionists and Symbolists at the Galerie Le Barc de Bouteville, followed by a New York exhibition by Durand-Ruel in 1900, the Manchester City Art Gallery in 1907 and the Grafton Galleries, London in 1921.